San Francisco Archdiocese Paying $395M to Settle Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits July 1, 2026 By Olga R. Rodriguez The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual...
Lawsuits Accuse Former California Megachurch Pastor of Child Sex Abuse September 22, 2025 By Deepa Bharath A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he...
Ex-Yankee Mariano Rivera and Wife Deny Knowing of Church Abuse January 28, 2025 By JAKE OFFENHARTZ New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young...
Washington AG Says Catholic Church Stonewalling Sex Abuse Investigation May 13, 2024 By Gene Johnson The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds...
San Francisco Archdiocese Declares Bankruptcy Amid Hundreds of Sex Abuse Lawsuits August 23, 2023 By Olga R. Rodriguez San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy this week, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500...
Clergy Sex Abuse Suits Could Bankrupt Diocese in California February 14, 2023 The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said it may declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “staggering”...
Archdiocese in New Mexico Hit by Sex Abuse Settlement Agrees to Terms in Chapter 11 May 18, 2022 The Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico entered into an agreement of terms to settle its Chapter 11 reorganization...
Lawsuits, Insurance at Heart of New Mexico Archdiocese’s Bankruptcy Case December 30, 2021 The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no end visible in...
Catholic Archdiocese in Washington Settles Sexual Abuse Claim December 14, 2021 Seattle’s Catholic archdiocese has agreed to pay a Washington woman $725,000 as part of an early dispute resolution to her...
Clergy Members Named in Alaska Sexual Misconduct Review August 26, 2019 By Rachel D'Oro An independent review has found credible accusations of past sexual misconduct against seven clergy members of an Alaska Catholic diocese,...